NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Frankston, Victoria

Frankston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the main town in the Local Government Area of the City of Frankston, and a seaside suburb on Port Phillip Bay, 41 km southeast of Melbourne CBD. It is bordered to the north by Frankston North (also known as 'The Pines'), and to the south by the wealthier granite uplands of Mt. Eliza. Open, sandy beaches are found on the western side of Frankston. As the northernmost city on the Mornington Peninsula, Frankston is sometimes known as "The Gateway to the Peninsula". This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre (also known as The CBD). ... VIC redirects here. ... The Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ... View of Olivers Hill from Frankston boardwalk View of Frankston from Olivers Hill lookout Olivers Hill is a locality in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol kmÂ², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (â‰ˆ1,609 m) in length. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ... â€œkmâ€ redirects here. ... â€œMilesâ€ redirects here. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre (also known as The CBD). ... See also Mount Dandenong, Victoria for the mountain and a different suburb with similar name. ... Municipalities of Greater Melbourne City of Banyule City of Bayside City of Boroondara City of Brimbank Shire of Cardinia City of Casey City of Darebin City of Frankston City of Glen Eira City of Greater Dandenong City of Hobsons Bay City of Hume City of Kingston City of Knox City... The City of Frankston is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... The Electoral district of Frankston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Dunkley is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ... This is a list of Municipalities and their suburbs and townships in the greater metropolitan area of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. ... Seaford is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Frankston North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Landsat 7 composite imagery of the bay. ... Langwarrin is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Frankston South, on the Frankston Peninsula is typically an upper, middle-class place compared to the counterpart of Frankston North (commonly referred to as The Pines) and is usually referred to as including some of the area east of Frankston CBD as well. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre (also known as The CBD). ... VIC redirects here. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... The City of Frankston is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... Landsat 7 composite imagery of the bay. ... The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... Frankston North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... A beach on the Mornington Peninsula A beach on the Mornington Peninsula A beach on the Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Western Port Bay and Bass Strait. ...

Geography

The suburb of Frankston covers a wide geographic area compared to other Melbourne suburbs. Frankston is bounded on the west by Port Phillip Bay, on the north by a complex border featuring Overton Road and a number of golf courses, on the east by a freeway reservation, and on the south by Robinsons Road, Golf Links Road, Towerhill Road, Overport Road, Jasper Terrace and Warringa Road. Landsat 7 composite imagery of the bay. ...

Frankston is at the southern end of a stretch of beaches that run from Beaumaris south to near Olivers Hill unbroken except by Patterson River and Mordialloc and Kananook creeks. At Olivers Hill (about 1km south of Frankston Pier), where Sweetwater creek meets Port Phillip Bay, the beaches give way to weathered bluffs of sandstone and siltstone with the odd sandy cove at Canadian Bay and again at Daveys Bay. Beaumaris is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... View of Olivers Hill from Frankston boardwalk View of Frankston from Olivers Hill lookout Olivers Hill is a locality in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia. ... The Patterson River is an artificial waterway approximately 35 km south of Melbourne, Australia. ... Red sandstone interior of Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, worn smooth due to erosion by flash flooding over millions of years Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ... Siltstone Siltstone is a geological term for a sedimentary rock whose composition is intermediate in grain size between the coarser sandstone and the finer mudstone. ... Category: ...

The central and northern areas of the suburb are generally flat, but the suburb rises gradually towards the east, then rises sharply at Olivers Hill in the south of the suburb, continuing into the locality of Frankston South, and the granodiorite uplands of Mount Eliza. Some areas of native bushland still exist in place such as Sweetwater Creek Nature Reserve, though they have seen the more formal addition of paths and trails since the late 1980s. Olivers Hill is a locality in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia. ... Frankston South, on the Frankston Peninsula is typically an upper, middle-class place compared to the counterpart of Frankston North (commonly referred to as The Pines) and is usually referred to as including some of the area east of Frankston CBD as well. ... Mount Eliza is a quiet town to the south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... There are several streams named Sweetwater Creek: Major: Sweetwater Creek (west of Atlanta) Sweetwater Creek (Oklahoma) Minor: Sweetwater Creek (Gwinnett) This is a disambiguation page â€” a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The Southern uplands are at the northern end of an uplift area in a Horst-Graben structure that extends down the Mornington Peninsula. Similar plutonic intrusive uplifts occur elsehere on the Peninsula at Mount Martha and Arthurs Seat. The fault zones are currently inactive, though minor tremors have historically been experienced. USGS image In physical geography and geology, a horst is the raised fault block bounded by normal faults. ... USGS image A graben is a depressed block of land bordered by parallel faults. ... A beach on the Mornington Peninsula A beach on the Mornington Peninsula A beach on the Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Western Port Bay and Bass Strait. ... In geology an intrusion is usually a body of igneous rock that has crystallized from a molten magma below the surface of the Earth. ... Mount Martha is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Arthurs Seat ([1]) is a hill and locality on the Mornington Peninsula, within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, about 75 km south east of Melbourne, Australia. ...

Weather

The weather in Frankston is mild. Frankston is usually around 2 °C cooler than Melbourne city and in many cases is one of the first areas of Melbourne to feel the effect of the Cool Change weather pattern that occurs during the summer season. At one of the widest points of Port Phillip Bay, Frankston seaside residents have an unobstructed view of oncoming westerly weather patterns. On rare days of severe storms with galeforce westerly winds, Frankston briefly becomes one of the few places on the bay with wave swell of size that allows surfing. The ability to see the You Yangs with the naked eye from the shoreline (some hills situated on the western side of the bay near Geelong) gives Frankston residents a handy test of visibility and air quality. While visible most of the year in the past, Melbourne's increasing air pollution has severely reduced the days they can be clearly made out. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre (also known as The CBD). ... A Cool Change is a term used in south eastern Australia for the arrival of a Cold Front in the afternoon or evening after a day of high summertime temperatures. ... There is also Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. ... For other uses, see Surfing (disambiguation). ... Template:Mtnbox sgftagt |} The sgtetthchjf are a series of fdfgdfdfdfnfdjbn nk nkmf, located 22 km north of Geelong and approximately 55 km south-west of Melbourne. ... - - Nickname: City by the Bay Geography Area: 1,240 kmÂ² Coordinates: Time Zone UTC +10:00 Population (2003) 200,067 Among Australian cities: Density: persons/kmÂ² Political Mayor: Shane Dowling Governing body: City of Greater Geelong Geelong is a port city of 200,067 people (2003 census) located on Corio... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre (also known as The CBD). ...

History

Prior to the coming of Europeans, the Frankston area was populated by Indigenous Australians known as the Kulin people. Specifically, inhabitants in the Frankston area were from the Bunurong language group, of the Mayone-bulluk clan. Language(s) Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religion(s) Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group... The Kulin alliance is one of the Indigenous Australian nations of Australia who lived in central Victoria, Australia, around Port Phillip and Western Port, up into the Great Dividing Range and the Loddon and Goulburn River valleys. ... Bunurong (also spelt Bunwurrung, Boonwerung, Bunurowrung, Boonoorong and Bururong) is the language and name of the Bunurong people, an Australian Aboriginal tribe of six clans along the coast of Victoria (Australia), Australia. ...

Europeans first set foot in Frankston as early as January 30, 1803, some thirty-two years before the founding of Melbourne. A plaque near the mouth of the Kananook Creek marks the location of where Captain Charles Grimes and his party went ashore searching for freshwater, and met with about thirty of the local inhabitants. is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Grimes (February 24, 1772 - February 19, 1858) was an English surveyor of Australia. ...

Some pastoral settlement occurred in the late 1840s and early 1850s with the first land sales occurring in 1854. The Ballam Park Homestead, located in the east of the suburb, dates from this time. Fishing and service industries sprung-up to assist pastoral and farming communities developing on the Mornington Peninsula. 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A beach on the Mornington Peninsula A beach on the Mornington Peninsula A beach on the Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Western Port Bay and Bass Strait. ...

The origin of Frankston's name has been subject to some conjecture. Local mythology suggests that the town was named for a publican called Frank Stone who ran a hotel at the corner of the then Point Nepean Road (now the Nepean Highway) with the Hastings Road (now Davey Street). There is no evidence that such a person existed. Two more credible possibilities are that the town was named for Francis (Frank) Liardet, a prominent early settler, or after Charles Franks, an early settler of Melbourne who was killed by Aborigines.

According to local historian Michael Jones, however, Frankston is named after General Sir Thomas Harte Franks, a British army officer who fought in the Second Sikh War. This theory is strengthened by the fact a number of other towns in the area, such as Cranbourne, Hastings, Lyndhurst, Mornington and Pakenham, are named after British statesmen and generals (respectively, Viscount Cranbourne, Warren Hastings, the Earl of Mornington, Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Pakenham). Jones suggests that Andrew Clarke, the Port Phillip District's Surveyor-General 1853-58, named all these towns. The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848â€“1849), resulted in the subjugation of the Sikh kingdom and absorption of the Punjab into lands controlled by the British East India Company. ... Cranbourne (pronounced Cran-bogan) is a large suburb and shithole of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia approximately 49 kilometres south-east of the CBD (via the M1 and the South Gippsland Highway) and is situated at an elevation of 50 metres above sea-level. ... Hastings is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Lyndhurst is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Mornington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Pakenham is a town 56 km south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, currently growing rapidly and in the process of becoming a suburb of Melbourne. ... Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC (3 February 1830 â€“ 22 August 1903), known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and Prime Minister on three occasions, for a total of over 13 years. ... Warren Hastings (December 6, 1732 - August 22, 1818) was the first governor-general of British India, from 1773 to 1786. ... William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington (1763–1845) was an Irish politician and an elder brother of the Duke of Wellington. ... John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863), Lord Chancellor of England, was a British politician. ... William Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford (31 January 1819â€“19 April 1887), known as William Pakenham before 1860, was a British Conservative politician and nobleman. ...

Frankston's development was hampered by poor soils, distance from Melbourne, and the existence of a major swamp occupying much of the area between Mordialloc and Seaford. The railway came on August 1, 1882, and turned Frankston into a popular holiday destination, particularly after electrification of the railway service on August 27, 1922, which reduced average journey times from 90 to 62 minutes. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Mordialloc is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Seaford is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Electrification refers to changing a thing or system to operate using electricity. ... is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Frankston was the site of the first Australian Scout Jamboree in 1935. The jamboree was attended by the founder of the Scouting movement, Sir Robert Baden-Powell. Several streets in the southern residential area are named after the event (the tree-lined Baden Powell Drive in Frankston South being the most prominent). The grandstand at the Frankston Football Club (destroyed by fire on February 12, 2008), and the Quality Street Scout Hall remain today. Scouts Australia is an organisation for children and young adults from 6 to 26 years of age. ... The Australian Scout Jamboree is a jamboree which is held every three years in Australia. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... This article is about the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts/Girl Guides organizations. ... Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 â€“ 8 January 1941), also known as B-P, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement. ... Frankston South, on the Frankston Peninsula is typically an upper, middle-class place compared to the counterpart of Frankston North (commonly referred to as The Pines) and is usually referred to as including some of the area east of Frankston CBD as well. ... Franskton Dolphins Logo The Frankston Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Frankston, Victoria and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. ... is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... Scouting in Victoria is a branch of Scouts Australia in the State of Victoria, Australia. ...

The Frankston municipality's population boomed after World War II, increasing from 12,000 in 1947 to 82,000 in 1982. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 1959 the movie On the Beach starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner was partially filmed at Frankston station. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... On the Beach is a post-apocalyptic end-of-the-world novel written by British author Nevil Shute after he had emigrated to Australia. ... Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 â€“ June 12, 2003) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. ... Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 â€“ January 25, 1990) was an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress. ... Frankston (station code: FKN) is a railway station located on Young Street in Frankston, Victoria, Australia. ...

On September 2, 2004, Frankston was nominated for a Bursary Award in the Livcom - International Awards for Liveable Communities. In October 2004 it received a bronze award for management of environment and enhancement of quality of life. It won this award for C category cities (population 75,001 - 200,000). is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In March 24, 2007, Frankston won two awards in Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria's (KABV) clean beach challenge. It won the award for 'Friendliest beach in Victoria', and also the 'Natural Heritage Award' for the maintenance of, and providing of facilities at Frankston Beach. is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Social Conditions

Retail areas

Frankston is generally a residential suburb, but also contains large retail and some light industrial elements. A central retail core near Frankston railway station contains several interlocking malls featuring department stores and major retail outlets, including Myer, Coles, Safeway, Kmart and Target. The major shopping centre is Bayside Shopping Centre, owned by the Colonial First State Property Management giant. The retail centre, in addition to shopping centres, also includes large areas of street shopping, as well as two cinema multiplexes. Frankston is one of the few retail areas other than the Melbourne CBD to contain competing cinema operators. Frankston (station code: FKN) is a railway station located on Young Street in Frankston, Victoria, Australia. ... Myer Emporium. ... The name Coles has many meanings: Coles in business: Coles Supermarkets is a supermarket chain in Australia Coles Myer, owner of the Coles supermarket chain. ... Safeway Australia was a group of supermarkets purchased by Woolworths Limited (an Australian company) in 1985. ... For the Australasian department store chain, see Kmart Australia. ... Target Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian discount department store chain owned by Coles Group. ... The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) is one of the largest financial institutions in Australia, founded in 1911 by the Australian Government. ... The Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ...

The civic centre grew in the 1980s–1990s and was further enhanced by the opening of a new cinema complex, a facet of the Bayside Entertainment complex developed in November 2004, and the Bayside North development in September 2005. With the continued dominance of the shopping centre, many strip shops in the central Frankston area have faced decline with some retail shops, mainly along Nepean Highway, now vacant. The Nepean Highway The Nepean Highway runs south from Melbourne city in Victoria, Australia to Portsea, along the eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay. ...

A healthy pub scene centres around the Nepean Highway and Davey Street intersection, with others further along the Nepean Highway. Frankston is also one of the few suburban towns left in Australia to sport a pub on each corner of an intersection (Nepean Highway and Davey Street). The Nepean Highway The Nepean Highway runs south from Melbourne city in Victoria, Australia to Portsea, along the eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay. ...

A second major shopping complex, Centro Karingal, operates some 4km to the east of the city's centre, in the locality of Karingal. This major shopping centre, which has also undergone major expansion in 2005, features a new shopping mall connected to original building via walkway, and a new cinema complex. Centro Properties Group Limited (ASX: CNP) is an Australian company (also known as an Australian Stock Exchange listed stapled entity) that is a property investor and manager mainly in shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. ...

Major automotive retailers operate along Dandenong Road, in the suburb's north-west.

Industrial areas

A light industrial area, mostly involving the automotive repair industry, is located along Dandenong Road centering around New Street. The area also spills over into the neighbouring suburb of Seaford, and centres around Hartnett Drive. The Seaford industrial area also contains some bulk retail and cash-and-carry outlets. Seaford is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Residential areas

The dominant residential nature of the suburb is not as diverse as suburbs closer to the Melbourne CBD. There is very little multi-storey residential development, although with the designation of the Frankston CBD as a Transit City in accordance with the Victorian Government's Melbourne 2030 urban integration policy, there has been an increased focus on residential development in the CBD. The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ... Transit City is a plan for public transportation for the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, announced by Mayor of Toronto David Miller and Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Adam Giambrone on March 16, 2007. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th) - Land 227,416 km² - Water 10,213 km² (4. ... Melbourne 2030 is a Victorian Government urban planning blueprint for the metropolis of Melbourne covering the period 2000-2030 in which the population of the urban area is expected to grow to just under 5 million people. ...

An aging population in older areas near the centre is balanced by several new housing estates on the fringes and eastern margins of the city. The Frankston area has one of the higher concentrations of English-born Australians and has not attracted the same number of immigrants as suburbs closer to the Melbourne CBD, though it does boast a substantial Greek community. 76% of Frankston residents are Australian-born, in comparison with 65% for the broader Melbourne population. The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ...

For the most part, large parts of Frankston consist of the 'traditional' quarter-acre blocks (colloquially known as the Australian Dream) or slightly smaller blocks. Dual occupancy unit developments and some flats are centred in areas close to the retail centre. The Australian Dream or Great Australian Dream is a belief that in Australia, home ownership can lead to a better life and is an expression of success and security. ...

House prices in Frankston have risen over the years particularly with the allure of the sea, however Frankston remains one of the most affordable Melbourne suburbs. In the 12 months to 31 March 2006, median house prices in Frankston were AU$256,000 and median unit prices were AU$190,000. ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ...

Community Initiatives

A community supermarket located at 16 Young Street, Frankston was established by the Bayside Dream Centre to provide groceries and other essential items to disadvantaged people within the community at affordable prices. This service is available to all people, not only health-care or concession card owners. It is a not-for-profit enterprise. A nonprofit organization (sometimes abbreviated to not-for-profit, non-profit, or NPO) is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. ...

Sports and Leisure

Australian rules football is played at many clubs in the area, at both senior and junior level. The Frankston Dolphins are a popular local Victorian Football League club that play out of the Frankston Park oval, a venue with capacity for around 8,000 spectators. In the old zoning system of recruiting, Frankston was in alternatively Hawthorn Football Club then St Kilda Football Clubs recruiting zones, so several VFL/AFL players from Frankston have played at these two clubs. High marking is a key skill and spectacular attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of... Franskton Dolphins Logo The Frankston Football Club is an Australian Football Club based in Melbourne and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. ... This article is about the present day Victorian state football league. ... Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The St. ... VFL/AFL is the term used to refer to the competition established in 1897, which was originally known as the Victorian Football League. ...

The beach area supports sailing clubs, Frankston Yacht Club being the biggest, as well as life saving clubs. The Australian Volunteer Coast Guard flotilla at Frankston was the first chartered Victorian flotilla in the organisation, becoming "Victorian Flotilla 1" or "VF1". The current Life saving victoria Logo Life Saving Victoria (est. ...

Several stadiums in the area support netball, basketball and other indoor sports. There are also several public and private golf courses, tennis clubs and lawn bowls clubs throughout the area. The Sandhurst Club golf course, located in northern Frankston, is the new home of the Australian PGA. The Frankston Bowling Club hosted the World Bowls tournament in 1980. Athletics is popular, with 1988 Olympic 400m hurdles Gold Medallist Debbie Flintoff-King a member of the Frankston Athletics Club. This article is about the sport. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Men playing bowls Bowls (or Lawn Bowls) is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack) than ones opponent is able to do. ... Professional Golfers Association, (with or without the apostrophe), is the usual term for a professional association in mens golf. ... Johnson winning the 100 m final The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ... Debra Flintoff-King (born on April 20, 1960) was an Australian hurdler, who won the second womens 400 m hurdles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ...

In their leisure time, Frankston residents tend to enjoy their homes and backyards, as well as the local beach in the summer. The City of Melbourne and the surf beaches of the Mornington Peninsula are both under an hours drive, so both are popular destinations for shoppers or surfers. The wineries of the Mornington Peninsula are increasingly popular, as awareness about their produce grows. The growth of large shopping retailers both in the Frankston CBD and in other centres has meant that most needs are met locally. This article is about a local government area. ... A beach on the Mornington Peninsula A beach on the Mornington Peninsula A beach on the Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Western Port Bay and Bass Strait. ... A beach on the Mornington Peninsula A beach on the Mornington Peninsula A beach on the Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Western Port Bay and Bass Strait. ... The Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ...

Frankston has a varied restaurant selection, including Italian, Japanese, French, Chinese, Fijian, Indian and Greek cuisine, to name a few. Frankston has a lively pub scene, and many Frankston residents like a beer at one of the local pubs or clubs, mainly clustered around the Nepean Highway, catering to several tastes and age groups from teenage nightclubs to RSL clubs and more seniors-focussed venues. The Nepean Highway The Nepean Highway runs south from Melbourne city in Victoria, Australia to Portsea, along the eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay. ... RSL National HQ, on Constitution Ave, Canberra, nearest the Australian Defence Force Russell Offices HQ The Returned and Services League of Australia (often abbreviated to RSL) is a support organisation for men and women who have served or are serving in the Australian Defence Force. ...

Festivals and Events

The I Love Frankston Pro-Am and Mayoral Charity Golf Day are annual golfing events. The Pro-Am offers AU$10,000 in prize money and is held at the Sandhurst Club golf course, whilst the Mayoral Charity is held in support of various charities at Long Island Country Club. The events attract a number of professional golfers and celebrities, as well as amateur players^[3]^[4]. ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ...

The Frankton Sea Festival is a celebration of Frankston's bayside heritage, held annually at the start of each year^[5]^[6]. The festival includes the popular Frankston Bay Classic, an amateur swim/run event featuring a 7km swim and 14km run, with prize money awarded to the winners of each leg of the event^[7].

The Christmas Festival of Lights is a popular annual Christmas event and one of the biggest on the Frankston community calender. The 2006 event attracted 17,000 people to the city to watch the lighting of the 100 year old Norfolk pine tree, fireworks display and engage in community festivals^[8].

The I Love Frankston Parade was inaugurated in 2007 by the then mayor Cr. Glenn Aitken. The parade consists of community groups, sporting groups, schools and local business marching through the streets of Frankston in a show of civic pride, culminating at the Christmas Festival of Lights^[9].

Sandsculpting Australia has announced that it will relocate its festival host city to Frankston from 2008^[10].

The 2008 year marked the inauguration of the Frankston Beach Volleyball Series, which attracted A-list players, Olympian Tamsin Barnett and was broadcast on national television^[11]^[12]. Flag of Australia Australia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. ...

The running of the AU$50,000 I Love Frankston Cup, a 1600m horse race, commenced in 2008. The inaugural race was won by the horse Mangonui^[13]^[14]. ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ...

Landmarks

Olivers Hill, in the locality of Frankston South, boasts imposing bay and city views. It is home to the most expensive real estate in Frankston. It also overlooks Frankston Beach and the newer Frankston Waterfront. Known locally as "The Hill", some properties have been sold for in excess of AU$AUD2 million, when the 2005 median price for a house in Frankston was only AU$228,000 according to The Age newspaper^[15]. Olivers Hill is a locality in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia. ... Frankston South, on the Frankston Peninsula is typically an upper, middle-class place compared to the counterpart of Frankston North (commonly referred to as The Pines) and is usually referred to as including some of the area east of Frankston CBD as well. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Frankston Waterfront is a portion of Frankston's foreshore area, featuring extensive landscaping, themed playground, car parking, a Sophia's restaurant with bay views, the Landmark Bridge over Kananook Creek and a million dollar Visitor Information Centre^[16]. The area disects the Frankston Boardwalk, an extensive raised timber walking path following the Frankston coastline from near Olivers Hill to the Frankston Life Saving Club. With the life saving club extension, the boardwalk is now over 1km long^[17]^[18]. Olivers Hill is a locality in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia. ...

Frankston Pier extends 500m from the Frankston Waterfront into Port Phillip Bay, and is one of the more prominent landmarks. 'Sightlines' is an art installation along the Frankston Pier by Louise Laverack. The installation consists of 22 modular components (poles) along the pier. Weather vanes decorated with nautical signal designs respond to the prevailing wind, while the movement of the waves is reflected in lighting panels embedded in the poles. There is also Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. ...

Frankston Hospital (part of the Peninsula Health network) is a major public hospital in the Mornington Peninsula region. It is also a major health-science training centre affiliated with Monash University, which has a campus close to the hospital^[19]. A beach on the Mornington Peninsula A beach on the Mornington Peninsula A beach on the Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Western Port Bay and Bass Strait. ... Robert Menzies Building at the Clayton Campus Monash University is a public university with campuses located in Australia, Malaysia and South Africa. ...

The George Pentland Botanical Gardens, situated just south of Frankston Hospital, includes a broad representation of native and indigenous flora.

The iconic Frankston Arts Centre overlooks the Frankston CBD, and houses a theatre suitable for live performances and also houses an art gallery. The centre plays host to a number of major performances, including regular shows by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Victorian Opera, and is a tour venue for the Melbourne International Film Festival, Opera Australia and a number of national theatre companies^[20]. The Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ... The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was founded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1934 as one of its radio orchestras. ... In November 2005, it was announced that the State of Victoria would support the establishment of a Victorian Opera Company under the musical direction of Richard Gill. ... The Melbourne International Film Festival, or MIFF, has been running since 1951. ... Opera Australia is Australias major opera company, formed by the merger of the Australian Opera and the Victorian State Opera companies in 1996. ...

Cube 37, next to the Frankston Arts Centre (on the Davey Street entrance), is an intimate performance venue and exhibition space. 'The Cube', as it is known to residents, also encompasses a state-of-the-art glass studio frontage for digital media exhibitions at night.

McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park is a prominent gallery featuring a sculpture park, set in eight hectares of landscaped bushland, in the Frankston suburb of Langwarrin. The McClelland Award for sculpture is awarded by the gallery biennially and is Australia's richest sculpture prize^[21]. Langwarrin is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

The Frankston Cultural Drive (signposted as Route 12) includes a tour of Frankston's unique cultural and heritage attractions. The selfdrive tour takes you to parks, gardens, galleries and homesteads as well as showcasing a vast collection of contemporary sculpture. The drive includes the Frankston Arts Centre, George Pentland Botanic Gardens, Ballam Park Homestead, Cruden Farm, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park and the Mulberry Hill Nation Trust property, to name a few. An audio CD is also available to listen to on the drive which details information about each attraction^[22]^[23]. The National Trust of Australia is a community-based, non-government organisation, committed to promoting and conserving Australias indigenous, natural and historic heritage through its advocacy work and its custodianship of heritage places and objects. ... CD re-directs here; see Cd for other meanings of CD. Image of a compact disc (pencil included for scale) A compact disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...

The currently unoccupied Peninsula Centre is a 12-storey 1970s office building which may be developed into a luxury apartment, retail and restaurant complex^[24]. The Peninsula Centre was also mysteriously graffitied recently. As of 22 June 2007, the culprit or the means with which they graffitied the top floor of the building remain unknown to police according to local newspaper, the Frankston Leader.

Monash University operates an education and health-sciences focused campus just east of the CBD, adjacent the Frankston Private Hospital. The campus is also close to Frankston Hospital and St John of God Rehabilitation Hospital, along with a number of other medical-based businesses. Robert Menzies Building at the Clayton Campus Monash University is a public university with campuses located in Australia, Malaysia and South Africa. ... The Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ...

Future Projects

St Kilda Football Club has signed a deal with the City of Frankston to relocate their training base to the Frankston Park oval^[25]. The deal includes a AU$10 million development of a high-tech facility to be completed by 2010, based on the facilities of the UK's Chelsea and Aston Villa soccer clubs^[26]. The St. ... The City of Frankston is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues, previously also known as the Pensioners), founded in 1905, is a Premier League football team that plays at Stamford Bridge football ground in west London. ... Aston Villa redirects here. ...

The Kananook Creek Boulevard is a proposed project to revitalise the neglected Kananook Creek precinct. The Frankston Council has received AU$8 million from the Victorian Government to complete the project, which will make a major contribution to the revitalisation the city centre and the attractiveness of the waterfront. The proposal includes broad paved promenades and an open air plaza along the creek line, for 'riverside' dining and cafes^[27]. ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ...

The Frankston Marina is a proposed project to provide a safe boat harbour at the bottom of Olivers Hill. For other uses, see Boat (disambiguation). ... A harbor (or harbour) or haven is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ... Olivers Hill is a locality in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia. ...

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Contents

Geography

Weather

History

Social Conditions

Retail areas

Industrial areas

Residential areas

Community Initiatives

Sports and Leisure

Festivals and Events

Landmarks

Future Projects

Gallery

Prominent Residents

See also

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Weather

History

Social Conditions

Retail areas

Industrial areas

Residential areas

Community Initiatives

Sports and Leisure

Festivals and Events

Landmarks

Future Projects

Gallery

Prominent Residents

See also

References

External links

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